Research Article

A 16th Century Ottoman Gazel on Plague by Filibeli Vecdi (d. 1599)

Volume: 2 Number: 22 November 1, 2020
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A 16th Century Ottoman Gazel on Plague by Filibeli Vecdi (d. 1599)

Abstract

Between the 14th and the 18th century the second large wave of plague epidemics hit the Middle East and Europe with frequent local outbreaks in the second half of the 16th century. The sufferings of people facing a deadly disease were often recorded in contemporary literary works. The present article showcases two literary texts, two poems written around the same time in two distant parts of the cultural space Walter Andrews and Mehmet Kapaklı suggested to have existed in the 16th century in their seminal work on the Age of Beloveds (Andrews and Kalpaklı, 2005). One of them was composed in Elizabethan England and the other in the Ottoman Empire. Besides giving a sketch of the Ottoman poet, Vecdi’s life, focusing on his activities in Hungary, the study aims at highlighting how two poets hailing from two different cultural traditions recorded their thoughts and more importantly their feelings concerning the plague.

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English

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Journal Section

Research Article

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Publication Date

November 1, 2020

Submission Date

September 11, 2020

Acceptance Date

November 5, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 2 Number: 22

APA
Péri, B. (2020). A 16th Century Ottoman Gazel on Plague by Filibeli Vecdi (d. 1599). MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler, 2(22), 290-300. https://izlik.org/JA39YZ24ZF
AMA
1.Péri B. A 16th Century Ottoman Gazel on Plague by Filibeli Vecdi (d. 1599). MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler. 2020;2(22):290-300. https://izlik.org/JA39YZ24ZF
Chicago
Péri, Benedek. 2020. “A 16th Century Ottoman Gazel on Plague by Filibeli Vecdi (d. 1599)”. MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler 2 (22): 290-300. https://izlik.org/JA39YZ24ZF.
EndNote
Péri B (November 1, 2020) A 16th Century Ottoman Gazel on Plague by Filibeli Vecdi (d. 1599). MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler 2 22 290–300.
IEEE
[1]B. Péri, “A 16th Century Ottoman Gazel on Plague by Filibeli Vecdi (d. 1599)”, MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler, vol. 2, no. 22, pp. 290–300, Nov. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA39YZ24ZF
ISNAD
Péri, Benedek. “A 16th Century Ottoman Gazel on Plague by Filibeli Vecdi (d. 1599)”. MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler 2/22 (November 1, 2020): 290-300. https://izlik.org/JA39YZ24ZF.
JAMA
1.Péri B. A 16th Century Ottoman Gazel on Plague by Filibeli Vecdi (d. 1599). MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler. 2020;2:290–300.
MLA
Péri, Benedek. “A 16th Century Ottoman Gazel on Plague by Filibeli Vecdi (d. 1599)”. MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler, vol. 2, no. 22, Nov. 2020, pp. 290-0, https://izlik.org/JA39YZ24ZF.
Vancouver
1.Benedek Péri. A 16th Century Ottoman Gazel on Plague by Filibeli Vecdi (d. 1599). MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler [Internet]. 2020 Nov. 1;2(22):290-30. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA39YZ24ZF